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Greenvilleguy
07-20-2006, 01:10 PM
I've converted by old (1954) 500 to a 520. Has anyone designed a storage system for keeping all the expansion tables when using the ShopSmith as a lathe or drill press?
chiroindixon
07-20-2006, 02:16 PM
Shopsmith sells a storage system, 555941. I took a good look around and found some similiar brackets I had in garage. Having the five foot pipes....I then hung the brackets on the wall and can now hang at least four of my tables out of the way.
cabbie
07-20-2006, 08:34 PM
I agree with chiroindixon....I went to Lowes and got the single wall brackets, mounted two of them to fit the rails on the tables and hung them on the wall..out of the way and easy to get to
cabbie
ghorsman
07-20-2006, 11:06 PM
I bought the brackets from Shopsmith. Waited until they had one of their sales and picked them up then. Easy way to store them
woodburner
07-21-2006, 03:15 AM
I took 2x4's and cut them to the length of the extension tubes, then I drilled 1" holes at an angle, two inches from each end and then glued one inch dowels in the holes. I made three of these and hung them on the wall in a stacking configuration, far enough apart to hang the main table and ext. tables from the ext. tubes which I hang on the dowels.
Greenvilleguy
07-21-2006, 09:48 AM
All great suggestions. Thanks!
I'm a little short on wall space close to the ShopSmith. I think I'll take woodburners idea and apply it to a cart with slanted sides. Maybe I can store tables on one side, my jointer and belt sander on the other side and use the ends for turning stuff.
Has anyone designed anything like that?
PS. I normally spend my time building furniture or bowls rather than jigs or shop storage, but all these ShopSmith accessories are getting out of hand.
wood-guy
07-21-2006, 09:09 PM
I just use nice long pegboard hooks, about 12" long, and hang all the extra extension tables I have for the 510 by slipping the tubes over the long, straight "arm" of the the hook... I have lots of extra tables, so I needed a way to store a large number of the extra tables. I have something like 10 hanging side by side in one small portion of my wall - (which is covered with pegboard!)
fjimp
07-22-2006, 02:11 PM
As others have mentioned wall space is at a premium in my shop. I built a simple vertical rack in a corner. It uses a minimum of space and currently hold 7 tables and jigs. Including my Incra 5000. Unfortunately I lacked enough space to make it a bit wider. Everything is stored vertically and is slid into place from the open end. I also have the hooks from Shop Smith for the extwnsion tables and connecting rods. It too is a nifty design:)